The hostel where Daisy had lived for over 15 years decided that they could no longer manage her and gave her notice to quit while she was in...

People with bipolar affective disorder are frequently intelligent and fascinating. They can lead completely normal and often exceptional liv...

David was in his 30’s. I had had to detain him under the Mental Health Act on a couple of occasions in the past. He had a diagnosis of schiz...

Q: How many AMHP's does it take to change the fuse on a plug? A: 13. [Even more obscure (and terrible) answer: 13(4).]

The course of an assessment under the Mental Health Act is quite often unpredictable: this one, although it took place some years ago now, p...

Perdita had suffered horribly for most of her life. She had been abused physically, sexually and emotionally as a child, and as an adult had...

I was on night duty and received the call from the GP early in the evening. Keith was a patient of his in his 50’s. He was a divorced man wh...